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Fine Arts & CTE: Working Together for Students

Fine Arts & CTE: Working Together for Students . Charles Aguillon, Fine Arts Director Gwen Davis, CTE Director Georgetown ISD. What is AchieveTexas?. A College and Career Initiative (not a state mandate, but programs of study are a federal requirement under Perkins)

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Fine Arts & CTE: Working Together for Students

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  1. Fine Arts & CTE: Working Together for Students Charles Aguillon, Fine Arts Director Gwen Davis, CTE Director Georgetown ISD

  2. What is AchieveTexas? • A College and Career Initiative (not a state mandate, but programs of study are a federal requirement under Perkins) • A tool to assist districts with high school reform, redesign, restructuring efforts to prepare our students for the world they will face It is ………..

  3. Career Clusters

  4. National Career Cluster Model Therapeutic Services Teaching Journalism Occupations/Jobs Occupations/Jobs Occupations/Jobs

  5. Benefits of Achieve Texas • Provide for collaboration among departments and teachers • Provides opportunities for community involvement • Provide opportunity to make data driven decisions • Provides opportunity to align programs, course offerings and curriculum with business and industry • Provides for curriculum alignment among departments • Assists students in making connections across the curriculum • Assist students in narrowing career focus before college • Flexible for each district to customize

  6. How Did it Start The District Goals: We are the co-chairs for Goal 2: Prepared Graduates

  7. Sub Goals • High School Completion • Recommended and Distinguished graduates • College Readiness Get students involved in school!

  8. 1. Making a Smooth Transition Educate administrators, teachers, counselors and the community about the initiative

  9. 2. Making a Smooth Transition Worked with the local workforce board for data on where the jobs are now and the future predictions for jobs in our area

  10. 3. Making a Smooth Transition Through the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce, we organized committees of business and industry representatives for each career cluster. • Reviewed workforcedata to determine priorities on career clusters and programs of study • Reviewed course TEKS to recommend courses to offer in each program of study • Recommended course sequences • Assisted with creating 4-year high school graduation plans utilizing the course sequences

  11. 4. Making a Smooth Transition Offered joint staff development sessions to CTE and Fine Arts teachers on the AchieveTexas College and Career Initiative and the committees’ recommendations

  12. 5. Making a Smooth Transition Organized the elective sections of the course catalog/guide around the career clusters and programs of study.

  13. 6. Making a Smooth Transition • Created and implemented a plan for each 8th grader to create an individual 4-year graduation plan based upon the career clusters model • Created and implemented a plan for all 9th – 11th graders to open and revise their individual 4-year plan annually as part of the registration process

  14. 7. Making a Smooth Transition • Contracted to bring Bill Daggett in for a workshop on model schools • Contracted with one of the Daggett consultants to train a selected group of teachers on implementing the rigor and relevance framework

  15. 8. Making a Smooth Transition • Pilot a teacher externship program with selected teachers from across the curriculum with a Science, Technology, Engineering and Math focus • The pilot teachers will create collaborative lessons and activities using the rigor and relevance framework

  16. 9. Making a Smooth Transition • The activities and lessons created will be combined into one resource document that all teachers can utilize • The pilot teachers will train other teachers in their course areas on the activities and rigor and relevance framework

  17. 10. Making a Smooth Transition • The selected pilot teachers will receive support throughout the year with implementation: • District and participating businesses will provide resources for teachers in implementing activities • The groups will have scheduled meeting times throughout the year for continued staff development, instructional coaching and encouragement

  18. 11. Making a Smooth Transition • Teachers participating in the pilot program will conduct district wide workshops to train other staff on the rigor and relevance framework and on the activities/lessons they created.

  19. 12. Making a Smooth Transition • New High School • Physical location of classrooms • Integration

  20. New School Floor Plan

  21. Questions? Contact Information: Charles Aguillon: aguillonc@georgetownisd.org (512) 943-5110 Gwen Davis: davisg@georgetownisd.org (512) 943-5014

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